Health & Safety

Kenyan police have arrested more suspects over the killing of LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was found on a roadside stuffed in a metal trunk, media reports said Sunday.Rights campaigners have issued calls for heightened efforts to ...

A 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky.NASA said Friday the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.” Most of the 5,400-pound (2,450-kilogram) satellite will burn up upon reentry, according to NASA. But some piece...

Outbreak at a glanceThis is an update on the yellow fever situation in the WHO African Region since the last disease outbreak news was published on 2 September 2022.From 1 January 2021 to 7 December 2022, a total of 203 confirmed and 252 probable cases...

As Uganda reports more deaths from the latest Ebola outbreak in the country, medical interns at the hospital handling most of the cases have gone on strike. The interns say…

NAIROBI— More than 150 public and civil society actors from 40 African countries convened in Nairobi, Kenya for the joint Africa Gender Statistics Conference taking place from Sept 26-30. Held…

Dozens of civilians were killed this week in a northern Malian town attacked by jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State group, a local elected official and the leader of an armed group told AFP Friday.It was the first time the town of Talataye, abo...

The World Health Organization is warning of a resurgence of deadly meningitis in Africa because COVID-19 has disrupted lifesaving vaccination campaigns.The near elimination of the deadly form of meningitis type A in Africa is one of the continent’s big...

The United States mourned the death of Britain's longest-serving monarch Thursday, as presidents and politicians acknowledged the singular life and achievements of Queen Elizabeth II."Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch. She defined ...